Ryusei Terachi

Ryusei Terachi
Ryusei Terachi with the Chiba Lotte Marines
Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 65
Catcher
Born: (2005-08-19) August 19, 2005 (age 21)
Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
October 3, 2024, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
(through 2025 season)
Batting average.254
Hits107
Home runs5
Runs batted in33
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Ryusei Terachi (寺地 隆成, Terachi Ryusei; born August 19, 2005) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

High school career

Terachi attended Meitoku Gijuku [ja] in Kōchi Prefecture. He started as a third baseman before transitioning to catcher towards the end of his second year. His best result with the school came as a second-year student in 2022, where the school made it to the second round of the Japanese High School Baseball Championship. In 2023, he represented Japan in the 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup, where the team won their first title. As the starting first baseman, he hit .286/.412./393 across the tournament.

Professional career

Chiba Lotte Marines

Terachi was drafted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the 5th round of the 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

2024

Terachi made his NPB debut on October 3, 2024, recording his first career NPB hit, a double to left field against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Kōta Tatsu. He appeared in one more game that year, the following day, where he failed to record a hit. In the offseason, he was one of five Marines prospects sent to play in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) for the Sydney Blue Sox between November and December, posting a .302/.397./365 slashline in 19 games.

2025

Terachi made his first start in 2025 on April 4. On April 18, he hit his first and second career NPB home runs against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa, becoming the first teenage catcher to hit 2 home runs in a game since Ginjiro Sumitani in 2006, and the first in franchise history to hit any home runs since Takeo Daigo in 1957. He received his first All-Star selection this year, and was a defensive substitute in Game 1. Terachi was the starting catcher in Game 2, where he hit an RBI double off of Yomiuri Giants pitcher Iori Yamasaki in the top of the 3rd inning.

References

  1. ↑ Organization, Nippon Professional Baseball. "Terachi,Ryusei（Chiba Lotte Marines） | Players". Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  2. ↑ "寺地 隆成（明徳義塾）". ドラフト･レポート (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "【甲子園】明徳義塾が初戦敗退　馬淵監督「監督の差でしょう」　プロ注目の吉村優聖歩８回２失点". 日刊スポーツ. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "【ドラフト】明徳義塾・寺地隆成はロッテが５位指名　勝利に欠かせないガッツマン". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Terachi Ryusei". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "【ロッテ】ドラ５寺地隆成「1番DH」でプロ初スタメン＆初安打「初球から積極的に行こうと」". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ryusei Terachi". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "【ロッテ】初づくし！寺地隆成初アーチ含む２発「うれしい」ボス初勝利に木村優人は初ホールド". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "■ 2025年度マイナビオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第1戦）". 一般社団法人日本野球機構. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "■ 2025年度マイナビオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第2戦）". 一般社団法人日本野球機構. Retrieved 18 August 2025.